Garment supporting board



Jan. 16, 1934.

W. N. GOLDWATER GARMENT SUPPORTING BOARD Filed Aug. 8, 1935 l atented fan. 16, 1934 UETED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,944,078 GARMENT SUPPORTING BOARD William N. Goldwater, Ro,e hester, N. Y. Application'August 8, 1933. Serial No. 684,248

2 Claims.

folded condition requires much time and the expense of the pins is involved. In the use of the pins dangers to a wearer of the shirtand others-are manifest incident to pricking of'the fingers by the points of the pins. Moreover,

" sometimes all of the pins are not removed cauS- ing inconvenience and danger tothe wearer of the garment upon attempting to put on the same.

It is therefore one object of the present invention to provide a relatively stiff board for holding a shirt or other garment in conventional folded shape after laundering or in con-' ventional folded form for, display purposes in ment of paper or other bands disposed around the shirt or other garment to retain the garj ment in place on the board."

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a relatively stiff substantially end of a folded garment and also having a pair of slots relatively close to the aforesaid slot to' receive pinched portions of folded parts of the folded garment including the inner ends of the sleeves of the garment, the length of the board being such that the garment may be folded and secured thereon in a relatively small, compact condition for the purpose of economizing space and to facilitate handling of the folded garment by salesmen or the packing of the same by users in grips, valises, trunks or the like without folding the board and without danger of unfolding or accidental disconnection of the folded garment from the board.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom- DO panying drawing, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction, within the scope of the stores without the use of pins or the employ-' rectangular sheet of material having a'relatively long slot near one edge thereof to receive one:

of paper or other material disposed around the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a garment, showing a portion of the garment applied to the garment supporting board and prior to folding the garment.

Fig. 2 is a plan view with parts broken away, showing the garment partly folded.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the garment folded and secured to the garment supporting board.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of a modified form of garment supporting board.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the reference character 1 indicates a garment supporting board composed preferably of a relatively stiff sheet of cardboard or it may be composed of any other suitable material. The board is preferably substantially rectangular in shape and it is also preferably of a width the'sameor substantially the same as that of the folded garment 2. The garment illustrated is a folded shirt, but it will be understood that other folded garments may be mounted on the board in the same manner as when a folded shirt is supported thereon.

The shirt 2 is folded into conventional shape at the time'of offering the shirt for sale or after laundering and it is mounted in this folded condition on the supporting board 1 without the use of pins and without the employment of bands Under this conventional folding operation the 9 sides of the shirt, including the sleeves, are usually folded inwardly and then the shirt is folded one or more times and in the use of the present board, the shirt is folded twice; that is to say, the tail of the shirt is brought substantially even with 1 the collar of the shirt, and the board being of a length substantially one-half the length of the bosom of the shirt, the shirt thus once folded is again folded along the line a so as to thereby fold the shirt in a compact condition over the board. The board is provided at its upper edge with a relatively long slot 3 and the shirt, being folded in its conventional form the same as when it is purchased in a store, the board is placed between the tail portion of the shirt and the body or shoulder portion of the folded shirt and the tail of the shirt is passed through the longitudinal slot 3 and the edge portion of the tail of the shirt is turned downwardly over the form to hold it in place, as shown at 4, but prior to this operation, the shoulder or sleeve portions 5 of the shirt are pinched together and passed through the slots 6 whereby to retain the longitudinal folds of the shirt in place on the board. These slots 6, which receive and hold the shoulder and sleeve portions of the shirt, may be serrated or toothed as indicated at '7, to prevent rayon garments, in particular, from slipping and thereby retain portions of the rayon garments folded, as the rayon garments might slip through the slots if it were not for the teeth 7. These. straight serrated slots 6 may be curved rather than straight, as shown, and as a matter of fact the slots need not be serrated whether straight or curved. One form of curved slot is shown at 8 in Fig. 4 and it will be understood thatthe form of supporting board shown in Fig. 4 is otherwise the same as the board first described.

It will be understood that the cardboard or other type of board is placed within the folded shirt in rear of the upper front portion and the sleeve portions are first passed through the slots 6 or 8 and the tail portion of the shirt is folded in place and passed through the longitudinal slot 3 and folded over the board as above explained. In these forms of supporting boards, the, board is substantially rectangular in shape with the longitudinal slot 3 at one edge and spaced slot 6 or 8 arranged at opposite sides of the center of the board for holding the shirt or other garment in place.

It is preferable that in the forms of supporting boards disclosed herein that after the sleeve'portions have been passed through the slots 6 or 8 that the portions of the boards on opposite sides of the slots 6 or 8 be pressed into alining planes so as to thereby further effect the proper holding or binding of the material in the slots. After the extreme end of the tail portion has been passed through the long slot 3 and folded over the board the tail of the shirt may be ironed or otherwise pressed to reinforce the holding of the tail end of the shirt in slot 3.

Advertising by way of printed matter or pictorial designs, price lists or schedules, may be applied to the boards, if desired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the garment is folded as described and mounted as stated on the supporting board that it is conment to the trade to sell and that laundries fold the washed and pressed garments into substantially'the same folded condition as it is done at .factories and the laundries, like the factories,

generally employ pins or paper or paper bands or both to secure the garments in folded condition. Therefore, it is apparent that in the use 'of my'unitary device I am enabled to save the expense of pins and bands and the time required for insertion and removal of the pins from the garments as well as obviate dangers to the wearer or .to those handling the garments for display or other purposes or when removing the pins from the garments to permit unfolding of the latter. 1 v V 1 .What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A shirt supporting board comprising a relatively stiff substantially rectangular sheet of material having a relatively long slot near one edge thereof to receive and hold thetail end of a folded shirt which latter is folded over the board with the board between the folds, that portion of the tail passed through the slot being folded inwardly over the board, the board also having relatively short spaced slots arranged relatively close to said relatively long slot near the ends of the latter to receive and hold other spaced portions of the shirt whereby to firmly hold the shirt on the board in a compact folded condition for display andpacking purposes.

2. A shirt supporting board comprising a relatively. stiff substantially rectangular sheet of material having a relatively long slotnear one edge therof toreceive and hold the tail end of a folded shirt which latter is folded over the board the tail passed through the slot being folded inwardly over the board, the board also having relatively short spaced toothed slots to receive; and

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with the board between the folds, that portionof" 

